This helps the economy alot, if you let your cities have almost only undead troops. Once a ghoul has killed a live enemy troop, it will become undead under your control, and for free. My favorite strategy is to play with dark magic and start by summoning ghouls. Build settlers and create more cities basically, and somehow survive in the process. A granary is a great first choice, because it increases growth, production and food. Hence, if you scout a nearby city which has weak units in it, try to grab it as soon as possible. To get the economy going, you want a large population. It can be a great boost to the economy, and with small cities, no one is going to complain. Maybe there is a successful tactic out there that makes use of trade guilds early on, but I bet it involves building a lot of settlers and increasing the population. It converts production to gold, and there is hardly any production to speak of. I do not recommend trade guilds so early in the game. Trade Goods seems a good option for this city. This new city that I've conquered, I'm thinking of using it to generate revenue, and not to create warriors. Is it a good strategy to use cities for different purposes? For example, I have my main city that is now protected by walls and is producing warriors. The city is growing and I've just conquered another one.

Seems like I just chose the wrong race the first time :) Now things are going along fine. I've started again using Halflings, and the food issue is gone. Should I start by creating a granary to get some extra food? Combat is very hard in these early stages, should I focus on the growth of my own city at first, before exploring other regions?Īny general tips would be very appreciated! is that too hard for a newbie, or will I get the hang of it after a few hours?įrom what I could gather, in the beginning there is very little food, so I can't create lots of units. I've tried playing on the normal difficulty setting. Ok, I haven't read the manual, and I'm doing it now (I'm on page 33). I've just started playing MOM, and I was basically wiped out in a few minutes :)

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